CVE-2017-12791
N/A
Published: August 23, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2016.11.62017.7.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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